Defrag question

[johnnymk]

I don't know if I have a hard drive ready to fail or not. I attempted to defrag Drive C the other day and of course it stated that I should use scandisk to check for errors.
When I use scandisk, the procedure repeats itself over and over. The blue squares which proceed to the right go approximately 80%, return, then go to about 20%, and this repeats itself over and over.
I then try defrag and it goes to 7%, back to zero, back to 7% and this repeats itself. I used BCM diagnostics to analyze my hard drive and everything comes up OK. What's next?

[SpeedEng]

hit ctrl alt del and close all of the programs that are not necessary and then try to defrag

[johnnymk]

I did that and it still did the same thing. I also attempted to defrag it right after I booted up. Same thing.

[spigidygak]

The 3 finger salute should work but whats better is to reboot in safe mode than defrag. This will work even quicker.

[Memo]

Originally posted by spigidygak
The 3 finger salute should work but whats better is to reboot in safe mode than defrag. This will work even quicker.

Haha, 3 Finger salute......anyways, I'd recommend doing it in safe mode as well. If it keeps restarting in safe mode then their MIGHT be a problem. But it just sounds like some other task is interfering.

[OC]

Originally posted by johnnymk
I don't know if I have a hard drive ready to fail or not. I attempted to defrag Drive C the other day and of course it stated that I should use scandisk to check for errors.
When I use scandisk, the procedure repeats itself over and over. The blue squares which proceed to the right go approximately 80%, return, then go to about 20%, and this repeats itself over and over.
I then try defrag and it goes to 7%, back to zero, back to 7% and this repeats itself. I used BCM diagnostics to analyze my hard drive and everything comes up OK. What's next? What OS?

-CO

[IrishSS]

if you have broadband internet, unplug it, disable, whatever. It is constintly writing to your HD, and when anythign is written, the Scandisk or defrag program will restart.

[brainsmile]

that's my suggestion

[johnnymk]

I started in Safemode and everything went smoothly. Thanks a lot, guys!!

[SpeedEng]

cool!

[nhbilly]

oops